Travel Blogs from Orlando

... crew and made plans for the rest of the wait until the start of the race. We were all in different corrals depending on previous running times, but I was allowed to go back with Alison in her starting corral which was last to start as no one had previous race times. The colors, the music, the people, the laughter and the general excitement in the air, made the almost 2 hour wait to get into the corrals well worth it. The chill in the air required all sorts of coverups that had ...

... and New Years festivities, and of course spending 5 days at Disney World. I saw 5 different movies in the theater, all of which I enjoyed, and also went to Kona Grill 4 different times and loved it every time I went! Overall, break was wonderful but I missed Boston. I missed the freedom to do whatever I want. I missed having public transportation that allowed me to get anywhere in the city without needing a car. I missed having friends that ...

... hoping for too much. There were some bargains to be had, for instance I saw leather jackets down to usd$25 which were actually really nice & a rather nice long duck & down Calvin Klein puffer jacket for usd$65 which I really liked but didn't end up getting (wrong colour.) I did get a couple of pairs of Converse sneakers for usd$50 which are great value and I suspect if we had had more time I ...

... to let you leave your bags with them. When you turn up at the airport on time, even though they have a delayed flight and you are there waiting do anything for you. It is sheer incompetence in this day and age that they cannot get it right. The customer is the one who has to be inconvenienced always. You have to sit for 45 minutes and wait to be able to check in your bags and then you have to join the back of the queue. No excuses....

The sky had clouded over a bit by now and it was a bit cooler. We got to the circle where the parade goes around at about 2.58. Marie stayed up on the bridge and I managed to get a good spot one row back from the road with only a little girl and her short grandmother and some seated teenagers between me and the action. At exactly 3pm it began to rain a little. The parade started at 3.02 and by 3.05 it was raining ...